Handbook of Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysts (eBook)

Ray Hoff is a member of the adjunct faculty at RooseveltUniversity in Schaumburg, Illinois. He is a former researchscientist in polymerization catalysts for B.F. Goodrich, ChemplexCompany, and Quantum Chemical Corporation. He holds twenty-sevenU.S. patents in the field of polymerization catalysts, and hissilica-based catalyst inventions scaled up to manufacturing morethan 100 million pounds of production in the U.S. and theNetherlands. Robert T. Mathers is an Assistant Professor of Chemistryat Penn State University. He has coauthored over twenty scientificpapers in the areas of anionic, metallocene, and ring-openingpolymerizations, and holds one U.S. patent. After receiving a BS(1996) in chemistry from North Carolina State University and a PhD(2002) in polymer science from the University of Akron, he spenttwo years as a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University in theDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Currently, Dr.Mathers research investigates new methods to integrate renewableresources and catalysis.

Introduction.

About the Authors.

1 Commercially Available Metal Alkyls and Their Use inPolyolefin Catalysts (Dennis B. Malpass).

2 Porous Silica in Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysts(Thomas J. Pullukat and Robert E. Patterson).

3 Computational Modeling of Polymerization Catalysts (MonikaSrebro and Artur Michalak).

4 Scale-Up of Catalyst Recipes to Commercial Production (C.P.Cheng).

5 Commercialization of Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Modelfor Success (C. E. Capshew).

6 Supported Magnesium/Titanium-Based Ziegler Catalysts forProduction of Polyethylene (Thomas E. Nowlin, Robert I. Mink,and Yury V. Kissin).

7 Stereospecific alpha-Olefin Polymerization with HeterogeneousCatalysts (John Severn and Robert L. Jones, Jr.).

8 MgCl2-Supported TiCl4 Catalysts forProduction of Morphology-Controlled Polyethylene (Long Wu andSieghard E. Wanke).

9 Product Morphology in Olefin Polymerization with PolymerSupported Metallocene Catalysts (Long Wu and Sieghard E.Wanke).

10 Review of Phillips Chromium Catalyst for EthylenePolymerization (Max P. McDaniel).

11 Silica-Supported Silyl Chromate-Based Ethylene PolymerizationCatalysts (Kevin Cann).

12 Ethylene Polymerization and alpha-Olefin OligomerizationUsing Catalysts Derived from Phosphoranes and Ni(II) and Ni(0)Precursors (Scott Collins).

13 Late Transition Metal-Catalyzed Co- and Terpolymerization ofalpha-Olefins with Carbon Monoxide-Polyketones: Synthesis andModification (Timo M. J. Anselment, Manuela Zintl, Maria Leute,Rüdiger Nowack and Bernhard Rieger).

14 Copper Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization (Anna MariaRaspolli Galletti).

15 Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizations and Acyclic DieneMetathesis Polymerizations with Homogeneous Ruthenium andMolybdenum Catalysts and Initiators (Robert T. Mathers).

16 Cobalt Ziegler-Natta Catalysts for the Synthesis ofPoly-cis-1,4-Butadiene (Ray Hoff).

Appendix A Pyrophoricty of Metal Alkyls (Dennis B.Malpass).

Appendix B Rheological Terms for Polymerization CatalystChemists (Gregory W. Kamykowski).

Index.

"The Handbook of Transition Metal Polymerization Catalystsprovides an up-to-date overview of various transition metal speciesand their utility in polymerization. The sixteen chapters offercomplete coverage of both early and late transition metal catalystsas well as heterogeneous and homogeneous approaches.... Thecontributions to this handbook are very well written by anappropriate balance of industrial and academic experts.... Thisauthoritative compilation is sure to be invaluable to anyoneworking near the intersection of transition metals andpolymerization chemistry."
--Stephen A. Miller, University of Florida